I feel like all that is happening is that new student housing is built and then the students move from the previously-new units to the new ones, leaving the old ones partly empty. I've heard from a few people that Chandler Crossing is horrible to live in now. It sounds like it was cheaply built and not really taken care of, and they are having problems attracting tenants. Evidently they are nowhere near capacity.
It just bothers me that the city didn't care to prevent the expansion north of Lake Lansing but is very worried about those units becoming vacant. It would have been so much more productive if the developments were built in better locations such that they weren't so fragile with respect to new housing being built.
Was it "cool" to live out there at one time? I only hear about shootings fires and worse going on out there. I remember when I lived in Mass. watching Spartan games and seeing the ad for Chandler Crossings on the side court ad wall. I checked where it was located and thought that would be a long walk to class, why would students want to live out in the sticks? Maybe they don't build regular single family home developments any more but it seems like this would have been a better option out there.
When it first opened it was cool to live there because they had so many amenities that other apartments didn't offer and many people had friends that lived out there too. I don't know if the quality of the amenities has kept up and the newer buildings built downtown are offering the same amenities. Many of my friends who lived out there later regretted it because the bus ride was so long.
I lived out there when Chandler Crossings first opened at Melrose Apts (now the Landings at Chandler Crossings) on the east side of Chandler Rd. The appeal at the time was the new units, often cheaper than closer to campus apts, and the amenities (bus passes, cable, internet included). Even the electric and gas were hooked up. No setting up of utilities.
Private bathrooms. Individual leases. The bus ride wasn't bad, straight down Abbot Rd. By the third year, the apts were starting to slowly decline. Rents more expensive, more vacancies, customer service decline, etc. That area has grown so much since then. I'm glad to see some of the increased density closer to downtown. I imagine some of the Chandler Appts will be torn down and hopefully replaced with subdivision, etc.
And Mark Meadows was quoted by ELi as saying he will have his own personal moratorium, effectively announcing No votes before he can consider the actual proposal.
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I feel like all that is happening is that new student housing is built and then the students move from the previously-new units to the new ones, leaving the old ones partly empty. I've heard from a few people that Chandler Crossing is horrible to live in now. It sounds like it was cheaply built and not really taken care of, and they are having problems attracting tenants. Evidently they are nowhere near capacity.
It just bothers me that the city didn't care to prevent the expansion north of Lake Lansing but is very worried about those units becoming vacant. It would have been so much more productive if the developments were built in better locations such that they weren't so fragile with respect to new housing being built.
Was it "cool" to live out there at one time? I only hear about shootings fires and worse going on out there. I remember when I lived in Mass. watching Spartan games and seeing the ad for Chandler Crossings on the side court ad wall. I checked where it was located and thought that would be a long walk to class, why would students want to live out in the sticks? Maybe they don't build regular single family home developments any more but it seems like this would have been a better option out there.
When it first opened it was cool to live there because they had so many amenities that other apartments didn't offer and many people had friends that lived out there too. I don't know if the quality of the amenities has kept up and the newer buildings built downtown are offering the same amenities. Many of my friends who lived out there later regretted it because the bus ride was so long.
Private bathrooms. Individual leases. The bus ride wasn't bad, straight down Abbot Rd. By the third year, the apts were starting to slowly decline. Rents more expensive, more vacancies, customer service decline, etc. That area has grown so much since then. I'm glad to see some of the increased density closer to downtown. I imagine some of the Chandler Appts will be torn down and hopefully replaced with subdivision, etc.
These plans look OK for the location, that being said it looks pretty much run of the mill, not much of interest in design.
This is so great, it is really exciting to me! New Pavement!